Current Affairs Quiz for 13th and 14th November 2016 (Q.1) ‘Children’s Day’ is celebrated in India on which date every year? 13th...

Current Affairs Quiz for 13th and 14th November 2016

(Q.1) ‘Children’s Day’ is celebrated in India on which date every year?

13th November

14th November

15th November

16th November

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Answer: (b)

(Q.2) Which country will host International Competition Network (ICN)’s annual conference in March-April 2018?

India

China

Brazil

South Africa

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Answer: (a)

(Q.3) Which State Govt. has launched a campaign called “Lakshya Bhagirathi” to complete the irrigation projects that could not be completed?

Madhya Pradesh

Bihar

Chhattisgarh

Jharkhand

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Answer: (c)

(Q.4) In November 2016, which country successfully launched the X-ray pulsar navigation satellite — XPNAV-1, which will conduct in-orbit experiments?

Japan

Singapore

France

China

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Answer: (d)

(Q.5) Who among the following has become the First Indian-American woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives?

Pramila Jayapal

Pramila Advani

Rajeshri Shah

Rajeshri Parikh

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Answer: (a)

(Q.6) Name the FIFA Regional Development Officer for South and Central Asia who recently launched his book, ‘Back To The Roots, A definitive Guide To Grassroots & Football Development’?

John Verghese

Shaji Prabhakaran

Abhilash Nari

Arindam Sen

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Answer: (b)

(Q.7) Who among the following tennis players has won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award at the ATP awards, for the 12th time in his career?

Novak Djokovic

Andy Murray

Roger Federer

Rafael Nadal

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Answer: (c)

(Q.8) Leonard Cohen, who passed away in November 2016, was a well known:

Canadian Singer

Canadian Poet

Canadian Novelist

All of the above

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Answer: (d)

(Q.9) Which country has decided to eliminate all the traditional subjects from its schools including literature, physics, history, and math by 2020, and has thus become the world’s first country to do so?

Finland

Sweden

Switzerland

Norway

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Answer: (a)

(Q.10) Which South American country will host The 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum’s Leaders Summit?

Bolivia

Peru

Argentina

Colombia

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Answer: (b)

(Q.11) Which State Govt. has recently approved “Mukhya Mantri Shikshak Samman Yojana”, providing for one year extension in service and cash incentive to teachers who would give 100 per cent results consistently for five years?

Maharashtra

Uttarakhand

Himachal Pradesh

Assam

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Answer: (c)

(Q.12) China’s Meng Hongwei, has been recently elected as President of:

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

UNESCO

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Interpol, the international police organisation

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Answer: (d)

(Q.13) As per The Cigarette Package Health Warnings International Status Report , India (requiring 85% pictorial warning) ranked _____ out of 205 countries, in terms of having largest pictorial warning on tobacco products